Come together to fight the far right, urges Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn has warned over the rise of the far right at a Labour rally in Merseyside.

The Labour leader gave a speech from a bandstand at the event in Derby Park, Bootle, on Saturday.

He described the danger of the far right and “their simplistic answers which can only breed hatred and division”.

Candidates for the European elections in the North West include English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson.

Mr Corbyn compared the “propaganda” being put out by the far right during the European election campaign to the rise of the Nazis in Europe in the 1930s.

He said: “I read the propaganda being put out by the far right in this European election, where they’re blaming Muslims for all the ills of our society.

“Change that language to the language used in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, where they tried to blame Jewish people for all the ills of society. You begin to see where this leads to.

“We have to come together today, not just to oppose the far right but also to analyse what’s happened and above all how we fix it and how we go forward.”

Years of neglect of our communities has opened the door to the far right.

Labour is standing up to that threat by rejecting the failed economic system and giving people a real alternative – that unites the many against the entrenched power of the few at the top. pic.twitter.com/XHOGyeBZC1